p.t. barnum

     

Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman who is best remembere for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Barnum never flinched from his stated goal "to put money in his own coffers." He was a businessman above all else, his profession was pure entertainment, and he was perhaps the first "show business" millionaire. He never said "There's a sucker born every minute" as is famously ascribed, but his rebuttal to his critics was often "I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me." Although famous for his brazen self-promotion and blatant puffery, he understood his times and profited from them brilliantly.

Trivia about p.t. barnum

  • He was the proprietor of the "classical and geological hippodrome" that became Madison Square Garden
  • Showman Phineas Taylor...
  • "How were the circus receipts...at Madison Square Garden?"
  • In 1980 Tony appeared in a Broadway production of a musical about this circus showman
  • He coined the phrase "The Greatest Show on Earth" to promote his show in 1872
  • In the 1850s he exhibited Madame Josephine Fortune Clofullia as the "Bearded Lady From Switzerland"
  • The expression "There's a sucker born every minute" is attributed to this circus showman
  • To convince New Yorkers it was safe, this impresario led 21 elephants across the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883
  • Irving Wallace wrote 1959's "The Fabulous Showman" about this "Prince of Humbugs"
  • Exhibits on Tom Thumb & Jenny Lind are highlights of a Bridgeport, Conn. museum devoted to this man
  • Each summer Bridgeport, Connecticut holds a festival honoring this circus showman
  • He's the taller of the two gentlemen in the photo seen here
  • This 19th century showman's first successful exhibit at the American Museum was the Feejee Mermaid (yeah, it was fake)
  • This showman was the "Prince of Humbugs"
  • Bridgeport, CT has an anniual festival honoring this 19th C. showman
  • On August 12, 1861 this showman exhibited what may have been the first hippo in the U.S. at his American museum
  • This showman's first attraction was Joice Heth, a slave presented as George Washington's former nurse
  • In 1850 this showman began promoting U.S. tours for opera singer Jenny Lind
  • He took his "Greatest Show on Earth" to London, where he himself was one of the greatest attractions
  • Step right up! This impresario's ostentatious mansion was known as "Iranistan"
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls the deck of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.) In 1884, to show the safety of the Brooklyn Bridge, this showman paraded 21 elephants across it
  • In 1882 this American purchased Jumbo the elephant from the London Zoo
  • Vantile Mack, the 257-pound "Giant Baby", & 628-pound Jane Campbell were seen at this showman's American Museum
  • In a 1999 TV miniseries, Beau Bridges played this great circus showman
  • "Prince of Humbugs" & "The Fabulous Showman"

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